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Quantifying Aspect Bias in Ordinal Ratings using a Bayesian Approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
User opinions expressed in the form of ratings can influence an individual's view of an item. However, the true quality of an item is often obfuscated by user biases, and it is not obvious from the observed ratings the importance different users place on
Hsu, Wynne, Lee, Mong Li, Poddar, Lahari
core   +1 more source

Cognitive Biases in Cannabis, Opioid, and Stimulant Disorders: A Systematic Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Background: Opiates, cannabis, and stimulants are highly abused and are prevalent disorders. Psychological interventions are crucial given that they help individuals maintain abstinence following a lapse or relapse into substance use.
Melvyn W. B. Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Brain Structure and Optimism Bias: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Approach

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2022
Individuals often anticipate an unrealistically favorable future for themselves (personal optimism bias) or others (social optimism bias). While such biases are well established, little is known about their neuroanatomy.
Raviteja Kotikalapudi   +3 more
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Algorithmic bias and the Value Sensitive Design approach

open access: yesInternet Policy Review, 2020
Recently, amid growing awareness that computer algorithms are not neutral tools but can cause harm by reproducing and amplifying bias, attempts to detect and prevent such biases have intensified.
Judith Simon   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing approach bias to achieve smoking cessation : a pilot randomized placebo-controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This study aimed to provide a preliminary test of the efficacy of a brief cognitive bias modification program for reducing approach bias in adult smokers motivated to quit.
Baird, Scarlett O'hara
core   +1 more source

Stochastic bias in multidimensional excursion set approaches [PDF]

open access: yesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2013
9 pages, 5 figures, submitted to ...
Castorina E., Sheth R. K.
openaire   +3 more sources

Variable Selection Bias in Classification Trees Based on Imprecise Probabilities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Classification trees based on imprecise probabilities provide an advancement of classical classification trees. The Gini Index is the default splitting criterion in classical classification trees, while in classification trees based on imprecise ...
Strobl, Carolin
core   +3 more sources

Effectiveness of two web-based cognitive bias modification interventions targeting approach and attentional bias in gambling problems: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial

open access: yesTrials, 2017
Background Disordered gamblers have phenotypical and pathological similarities to those with substance use disorders (SUD), including exaggerated automatic cognitive processing of motivationally salient gambling cues in the environment (i.e., attentional
Marilisa Boffo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A novel approach to the bias-variance problem in bump hunting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This study explores various data-driven methods for performing background-model selection, and for assigning uncertainty on the signal-strength estimator that arises due to the choice of background model.
Williams, Mike
core   +2 more sources

Territorial bias in university rankings: a complex network approach

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
University rankings are increasingly adopted for academic comparison and success quantification, even to establish performance-based criteria for funding assignment.
Loredana Bellantuono   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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